A Team’s coach plays a major role in guiding a team especially when it comes to a long tournament like the Indian Premier League where a team has to play 14 matches within a short period of time in the scorching heat during April and May. A coach and his support staff play a vital role in jelling the team together which comprises of players from different countries having diverse cultures. There have been many instances of support staff having a good comradery with the team which positively impacts the team on the field.
There have been occasions where the teams have entirely changed their support staff and coaches every season on the other hand there have been teams that believe in giving a long rope to the coach and the support staff case in point being teams like Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals who have had a long association with the team’s coach and the support staff
Ricky Ponting has been associated with DC as their head coach since 2018 and has done a decent job having guided the team to the playoffs in 219, 2020, and 2021. The former Australian captain will look to do the same in IPL 2024 along with his support staff
Delhi Capitals: Head Coach and Support Staff List
Head Coach: Ricky Ponting
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting was appointed as the head coach of Delhi Capitals (Known as Delhi Daredevils back then) in 2018. Although DC had a poor season with Ponting at the helm the management decided to continue with him given the record he possessed as Australia’s captain and the decision reaped rewards as DC made it to the playoffs in 2019, 2020, and 2021 under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant. Having said that the last couple of seasons haven’t been on expected lines for Ponting with the team failing to make it to the top four on both occasions
With Rishabh Pant back as DC’s captain the duo of Ponting and Pant would hope to bring back the golden years of the team
Bowling Coach: James Hopes
The former Australian all-rounder James Hopes played for Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), Pune Warriors India, and Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) during the initial IPL seasons and scored 421 runs along with picking up 21 wickets with the ball. Hope will continue his association with DC as the team’s bowling coach for the 2024 IPL season. He has the experience of representing Australia in 84 ODIs and 12 T20Is
Fielding Coach: Biju George
DC’s fielding coach Biju George has the experience of working with teams like KKR, and SRH in the IPL along with that George has also worked with India’s men’s under 19 team and India’s senior women’s team. DC’s strength and conditioning coach has also been associated with players like Sanju Samson, KM Asif, and Sachin Baby
Batting Coach
With Ricky Ponting associated with the team as the head coach the team hasn’t appointed anyone as its batting coach
Assistant Coach: Pravin Amre
Pravin Amre is a former international cricketer with a decent amount of experience at the highest level. The right-hand batter has represented India in 11 Tests and 37 ODIs and is currently associated with the Capitals as the team’s assistant coach
Other Support Staff
 Director of Cricket | Sourav Ganguly |
Assistant Fielding Coach | Gnaneswra Rao |
Physio | Patrick Fahart |
Assistant Physio | Dhananjay Kaushik |
Doctor | Abhijit Salvi |
Analyst | Sriram Somayajul |
Strength and Conditioning Coach | Vivek Ramakrishna |
Strength and Conditioning Coach | Wayne Lombard |
Team Manager | Siddharth Bhasin |